diff --git a/compiler/driver/compiler_driver.cc b/compiler/driver/compiler_driver.cc
index e601a1b..59754d5 100644
--- a/compiler/driver/compiler_driver.cc
+++ b/compiler/driver/compiler_driver.cc
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@
   if ((access_flags & kAccNative) != 0) {
     // Are we interpreting only and have support for generic JNI down calls?
     if ((compiler_options_->GetCompilerFilter() == CompilerOptions::kInterpretOnly) &&
-        (instruction_set_ == kX86_64)) {
+        (instruction_set_ == kX86_64 || instruction_set_ == kArm64)) {
       // Leaving this empty will trigger the generic JNI version
     } else {
       compiled_method = compiler_->JniCompile(*this, access_flags, method_idx, dex_file);